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Fast tick over??

Hi to all, this is my first post.
Just bought a signum for my wife to run. Main reason being the amount of room in the back for my 3yr old disabled son and his twin brother.

Got it as a cat d front damage.

So far so good but it seems to be ticking over rather fast. 1000rpm.

Has had a new water temp sensor as the fans were running full bore all the time, and a new water pipe that feeds the oil cooler was also split.
The oil pressure switch also needed re-attaching where it had snapped the wire.

All the rest was pannels and rad bank.

Had it ticking over for about 10 mins, and the tickover never dropped. Also i didnt get a reading on the temp gauge.

Not able to drive it yet as im missing a bonnet and e few other bits.

Is it just because its not getting warm enough or could there be somthing else at fault?

Mine ticks over at 850-900 ish when cold and 750ish when warm. These engines do take ages to warm up due to the size of the engine. Did you feel the water in the hoses getting warm and did warm air come from the heater vents.

On the odd occasion that mine has gone into limp home mode it ticks over at 1000rpm. Did you have any EM lights on?

You have active fault codes if the EM light is on. You need to get them read, fix the faults and clear the codes. You can clear them your self if you take the battery off for half hour but if it sees the faults on start up then it will go straight back into limp home mode.

Yes you will, but the dealers can get you a replacement car pass for £20 if you so desire. Either that or get someone with a code reader to reset them, the dealers could do that for you or someone cheaper if you can find one